The new SecureDrop Inbox is coming
How Dangerzone distributes container updates
Help SecureDrop test WEBCAT Alpha
Like experimenting with cutting-edge software? Our decentralized project to verify web assets and in-browser code for web applications has entered alpha testing
Reproducing the reproducible images
How can you be sure that a piece of software has not been tampered with? Learn about the concept of “reproducibility” and how it applies to Dangerzone and other projects
SecureDrop: Looking back at 2025
Journalists are working harder than ever to protect their sources. SecureDrop has never been more important
Pwning Santa before the bad guys do — a bug bounty holiday tale
Santa’s security team has a challenge for you: craft him a letter that can bypass Dangerzone’s defenses and earn a bounty!
Dangerzone now automatically updates its sandbox
As part of an opt-in feature in our latest release, Dangerzone can now auto-update its sandbox.
Security Analysis of SecureDrop Protocol Presented at IETF 124
SecureDrop software engineer Cory Myers and ETH Zurich researcher Felix Linker gave a talk entitled “SecureDrop — From Design to Analysis” to the Usable Formal Methods Research Group at the 124th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force in Montreal on Nov. 4, 2025.The SecureDrop Protocol is …
Implementing ‘just-works’ printing in SecureDrop Workstation
SecureDrop serves as a tips entry point for news organizations, often with a small set of journalists reviewing incoming submissions and distributing them to the rest of the newsroom. The next-generation SecureDrop Workstation supports conveniently exporting submissions to encrypted USB drives and USB-connected printers.But getting printing to work can …
Introducing WEBCAT: Web-based Code Assurance and Transparency
Verifiable browser code is on the critical path for a redesigned version of SecureDrop and will benefit the wider browser security ecosystem as a whole. We introduce Web-based Code Assurance and Transparency, or WEBCAT, a code integrity mechanism for single-page browser applications.Read more on the SecureDrop blog or check …
RightsCon: Introduction to SecureDrop Workstation
SecureDrop team member Kunal Mehta demo’d the SecureDrop Workstation at RightsCon 2025 on Feb. 25. You can watch a recording of the talk (also see below); the slides (PDF) are also available.In the demo, Mehta explained the multiyear project to provide better and more streamlined tools for journalists to …
Five things to know about SecureDrop
Over the past month, Freedom of the Press Foundation has received significant interest in newsrooms setting up SecureDrop. Our open source whistleblower submission system is already used around the globe by large media organizations, small nonprofit newsrooms, and everything in between. We’re excited to see more adoption of SecureDrop.To …
